Abiward or Abi-ward, was an ancient Sassanid

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

in modern-day Turkmenistan.

Archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

excavations at the ancient city of Abiward have been made in the last century about 8 km west of

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(russian: Каахка) in an area of 12,000 m². The central ''tell'' is 60 feet high and 700 feet round. Abiwert-panorama

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ABĪVARD: a town in medieval northern Khorasan
Archaeological sites in Turkmenistan Sasanian cities Nishapur Quarter Ahal Region {{Turkmenistan-geo-stub